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Article: How modern man became a wuss
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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Softened by technology, and weaker and slower than our
prehistoric forebears, modern men are 'the sorriest cohort' of males
in history, according to a new book
WHEN COMPARED with our male predecessors, modern man is a wuss.
That's according to a new book by Australian anthropologist Peter
McAllister, called Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate
Modern Male. McAllister is unapologetic in his assessment of modern
male shortcomings, which he has identified by studying fossil
remains. Summarising his findings in the opening pages, he says:"If
you're reading this then you - or the male you have bought it for -
are the worst man in history. No ifs, no buts - the worst man,
period . . . As ...